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It's expected the guy who will shape Ottawa's CFL team long before it hits the field in 2014 will be introduced Wednesday afternoon.

Marcel Desjardins is the guy chosen by Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group from a shortlist that also included former Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Gee-Gees coach Marcel Bellefeuille, former Ticats assistant GM Joe Womack and ... drum roll, please ... the mystery candidate, Mike Murphy (son of legendary CFL coach Cal Murphy), an NFL scout with the Miami Dolphins and former position coach with the Rough Riders.

While Desjardins' contract hasn't been signed, it's expected to be a formality.

Desjardins was hired away from the Montreal Alouettes where he was second in command to GM Jim Popp. He's also been a GM, in 2007 with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Desjardins, 46, has a strong Ottawa connection. A Rough Riders fan as a kid growing up in Hamilton, he served an internship with the Canada Games Council in 1993, living in Sandy Hill, then Gloucester. His brother Philippe and sister Monique both went to the University of Ottawa, while he pursued a Bachelor of Commerce degree, with a specialization in sports administration at Laurentian University.

Ottawa will participate in May's CFL draft, eligible to choose only from a list of redshirted Canadian-born underclassmen in U.S. college football. These players still have another year of U.S. eligibility. Ottawa will pick ninth, 18th, 27th and 36th overall, limited to four of the draft's six rounds.

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Ottawa CFL names GM Wednesday

It's expected the guy who will shape Ottawa's CFL team long before it hits the field in 2014 will be introduced Wednesday afternoon.

Marcel Desjardins is the guy chosen by Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group from a shortlist that also included former Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Gee-Gees coach Marcel Bellefeuille, former Ticats assistant GM Joe Womack and ... drum roll, please ... the mystery candidate, Mike Murphy (son of legendary CFL coach Cal Murphy), an NFL scout with the Miami Dolphins and former position coach with the Rough Riders.

While Desjardins' contract hasn't been signed, it's expected to be a formality.